para-lama
The verdict
“para-lama” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - anteparo na frente e em cada um dos lados de um veículo para barrar respingos de lama, água e terra
Corpus desk
Index PT-para-lama · para-lama · Portuguese
para-lama · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | para-lama |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “para-lama” em português
Rare enough to double-check
para-lama is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "anteparo na frente e em cada um dos lados de um veículo para barrar respingos de lama, água e terra".
No generated misspelling entries exist for para-lama in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is para-lama, spelled P-A-R-A---L-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1anteparo na frente e em cada um dos lados de um veículo para barrar respingos de lama, água e terra
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how para-lama appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Um dos tiros atingiu o teto do veículo; o outro pegou, de raspão, no para-lama dianteiro.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.